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BFF #76 — “Snow Day”

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Snowdazed

I see them now
as they tumble down
before my face
and land on the ground,
the largest snowflakes,
remembering them now
as I recall the winter white,
the blizzard snows
of yesteryear gone by.

Trudging to school,
snow up to my waist;
stuck on the turnpike
for hours upon end;
days at school when
I was the only one for
Dad never missed a day
of work so snow days,
our family had none.

And I might be feeling
just a twinge of guilt
as I watch the reports
of the winter snows
in places so very far away.

So I close my eyes
and at once I’m there,
a child of winter once more
building forts and igloos,
to pass the time;
and snowmen that
lasted for months,
it seemed,
before melting away
with the showers of spring;
and snow angels
so very sure the real thing.;
and snowball fights
that lasted forever,
most important events
on those very cold days.

This child of winter’s past
remembers it all
and the anticipation we felt
of that very first snowfall.

(c) bak 12-6-10
barbara kausteklis

Written for BFF #76/”Snow Day.”

http://www.friendburst.com/group/bff/

and also posted on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/38677607/blog/541109902